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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILENA I. FIELD, OF NEW"V YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM LAWRENCE, OF SAME PLACE.

HAT- SWEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. L129,341, dated June 3, 1890.

` Application iiled November 7,1889. Serial No. 329.548. (No model.)

T0 all whom it' may concern: V

Be it known that I, PHILENA I. FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat Linings and Sweats; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the trimming of hats, and has for its object to produce hat linings and sweats adapted'to be manufactured and sold as articles of commerce wholly independent of the hats in which they are to be used, the special objects being to produce an article which shall be neat and attractive in appearance, which shall be sufficiently yielding to conform to moderate variations in the sizes of hats, which shall be so lconstructed that the stitches by which it is attached in placeshall be concealed from view, and other changes in the details of construction hereinafter fully described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of my novel lining and sweat detached, showing the outer side of the sweat at the back; Fig. 2, a transverse sectionthereof, showing the inner side of the sweat at the back; Fig. 3, a section on the line fc fc in Fig. l, showing one of the braces by which the tip is supported; Fig. 4, a section of a portion of the body of a hat near the brim, showing the stitches by which my novel lining and sweat are secured in place Fig; 5, aseotion of a portion of the side lining and sweat, showing the manner in which they are secured together by lacing; andl Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view, partially broken away, of a portion of the sweat at the back, showing the manner in which the ends of the sweat are joined together so as to be held firmly in place, but at the same timepermit expansion at the seam.

In the manufacture of hats it is common to speak of the top lining and the side lining .together as the tip. For convenience in description, however, I shall use the term tip to designate the top portion only of the linving, which I have indicated in the drawings preferred construction.

In practice the tip usually Aconsists of a piece of paper having a lining of-satin sel cured thereto, the side lining being secured l to the edge of the tip. Y

' 3 denotes the sweat, which is provided near its upper edge with holes 4, and near its lower edge with holes 5. I preferably secure the side lining and sweat together by means of a lacing 6 of chenille, silk cord, or ribbon, which is passed in and out through the holes at the upper edge of the sweat and through the side lining, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5. I find this a comparatively inexpensive way of securing thesweat and side lining together, and that it gives to the sweat and lining a very neat and attractive appearance when in position in a hat. The lower edge of the sweat is turned over outward, wrapped around a wire or reed 7, and cemented or otherwise secured in place, as clearly indicated in Fig.

2. The turned-over edge of the sweat, which I designate as S, extends upward far enough on the outer side of the sweat to cover or nearly cover the holes 5, which are so located as to be slightly above the wire.

` The sweat and lining are secured in place in a hat by stitching through the hat, the needle being passed through the body of the hat and one of the holes 5 and then outward again through the saine hole, so that the stitching upon the inner side of the hatwill be through the turned-over edge 8 of the sweat, but not through the inner side of the sweat, and will liein the hole, so as not to show upon the inner side ofthe hat or produce the slightest roughness. The holes, moreover, serve'as ventilators in the usual way and add greatly to the comfort' of the hat.

When the side lining is made of fine light material, I ordinarily support the tip in place by means of braces-z'. e., wires or reeds 9- which I place in pockets lO, formed in the side lining, the lower ends of these braces being secured to the lower edge of the side lining and the upper ends to the tip.

In practice it is frequently found conven- IOO ient to use a sweat in a hat of a size larger or smaller than the normal size of the sweat. It is furthermore well known that the same number in dierent makes of hats will vary so greatly in shape and size as to make it ditiicult to fit the sweats in place. In order to make the sweat self-conforining to different sizes and shapes of hats within reasonable limits, I secure the ends of the sweat loosely together by means of a lacing 1l. Upon the outer side of the sweat I attach a strip l2 of elastic, which acts to draw the ends slightly toward each other.

In order to insure a neat joinder of thev ends and to preserve the curvature of the sweat, I provide one end of the sweat with an overlapping' piece 13, which lies uponthe inner side of the sweat, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, provide a` socket 14: upon the outer side of the same end of the sweat, and extend the end of wire 7 beyond the opposite end of the sweat, as atl 5, this projecting end being adapted to engage socket 14, as shown inFigs. 4E and (i, thereby holding the ends of the sweat in position and preserving the curvature ofthe sweat.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. A self-conforming hat-sweat having at one end upon the inner side an overlapping piece with a socket at the back thereof, said sweathaving also a wire at its lower edge, one end of which projects beyond the end of the sweat and engages the socket, a lacing on the inner side loosely connecting the ends, and an elastic on the outer side, also conneeted to both ends, substantially as dcscribed.

2. A hat-sweat having at its lower edge a wire and above said wire a series of holes, the lower edge of said sweat being turned outward over the wire and secured thereto and partially covering the holes, so` as to permit the stitching ofthe sweatin place through the holes withoutfstitchin g throughthe inner side ofthe sweat, substantiallyA as described.

Inl testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILENA I. FIELD.

Witnesses:

Roer. AULD, Trios. AULD, Jr. 

